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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Decadence is a luxurious self-indulgence. It is often used to describe a decline due to an erosion of moral, ethical, or sexual traditions.
1. an overemphasis on any distinctive technique of expression, occurring when the manner of expression obscures the feeling or idea expressed in the work of art; considered by many art critics to be a sign of decadence.